Infant&#39;s band or shirt.



No- 800,618. I PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905. O. E. OVENSHIRE.

IN-FANTS BAND OR SHIRT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24, 1905.

INVENTOR WITNESSES CHARLES BOVENSHIRE w WLQ HIS ATTO NE S UNITED STATES PATENT @FFTQE.

INFANTS BAND OR SHIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed April 24, 1905. Serial No. 257,034-

To (all whom it rim/y concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. OVENSHIRE, of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Infants Bands or Shirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in infants b ands or shirts.

The object of the invention is to provide an elastic band or garment, preferably open from top to bottom and provided with means for securing a napkin thereto.

The invention consists generally in a band or shirt having a body formed of elastic fabric with an opening from the top or neck portion to the bottom and inelastic tapes or straps extending over the shoulder-pieces thereof and extending diagonally downward on the front and back to central points near the bottom of the garment and with inelastic tabs secured at the lower ends of said tapes.

1n the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a band or shirt embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion of the rear of the band.

1n the drawings, 2 represents the body of the band or shirt, which is formed of suitable elastic fabric. It is provided with the usual neck and arm openings and with the usual shoulder straps or pieces 3. The body of the band or shirt is provided with an opening extending from the neck-opening preferably to the bottom of the band or shirt. The edges of the band or shirt at the sides of the opening are preferably arranged to overlap, and suitable means are provided for fastening the lapped edges, such as buttons 4 and buttonholes 5. l have shown this opening at the center of the band or shirt in front.

6 6 represent strips or tapes of inelastic material which extend over the shoulder-pieces and downward, preferably in diagonal lines, to a central point at the rear of the garment and to points near the center and on opposite sides of the opening near the bottom of the garment in front. These strips or tapes are preferably sewed to the body of the garment. Secured to the lower ends of the strips or tapes at the back of the band or shirt is a tab or holding-strip 7. The upper end of this tab is preferably sewed to the lower ends of the tapes. A similar tab 7 in front is secured to the lower end of one tape and is adapted to be secured to the lower end of the other tape by any suitable fastening, such as a button 8 and buttonhole 9. These tabs extend preferably below the bottom of the band, and they provide means to which to pin the napkin at the front and rear of the garment. The tabs being formed of inelastic material there is no injury to the fabric forming the body of the garment, and said tabs being secured to the lower ends of the tapes 6 at the front and rear the strain coming thereon is carried over the shoulders of the wearer instead of drawing downward upon the fabric of the garment. The tabs may, if preferred, be arranged upon the inside of the body instead of upon the outside, in which case they will be connected to the "body at the lower ends of the strips or tapes,

preferably by sewing through the body of the garment and through the lower ends of the tapes, so that the strain will be brought upon the tapes in the same manner as if the tabs were upon the outside. Whether the tabs are placed upon the inside or the outside will make no difference in the use of the garment. In either instance the napkin is secured to the band by pinning through the tab.

If preferred, the tapes may be secured to the inner side of the band or shirt instead of the outside, as shown.

While I have described the invention as applied to an infants band or shirt, it may of course be applied to a shirt designed for use of adults.

I claim as my invention 1. A band or shirt comprising a body of elastic fabric provided with shoulder pieces or straps, with an opening extending downward from the top, means for securing the edges of the band at the sides of said opening, inelastic strips or tapes extending over said shoulder-pieces and diagonally downward over the front and rear of the body to central points near the bottom thereof, and suitable tabs secured at the lower ends of said tapes.

2. A band or shirt comprisinga body of elastic fabric provided with shoulder pieces or l tape at one side of the openingby a sei'mmhle l fastening.

ln witness wllereef l have hereunto set my hand this 10*2 day of April, 1905.

@iARLES E. OVENSHIRE, \Vitnesses:

RICHARD PAUL,

R. 0. PAUL. 

